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What Matters Most On Tuesday, January 2, 2024

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Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and all 14 other judges hear petitions against the reasonableness limitation law, September 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

In historic ruling, High Court strikes down key judicial overhaul legislation

By Jeremy Sharon

In 8 vs 7 decision, justices rule that reasonableness law undermines Israel’s democratic character; 13 justices assert court’s right in principle to strike down Basic Laws

Coalition lawmakers crowd around Justice Minister Yariv Levin to take a celebratory selfie in the Knesset plenum, as they pass the first of the coalition's judicial overhaul laws, the so-called "reasonableness law", on July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Levin declares High Court ‘won’t stay our hand’ after justices annul overhaul law

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Illustrative image: Anti-overhaul activists protest outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Joe Biden, in New York, September 20, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/ FLASH90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 2: Day 88 – Unprecedented Supreme Court ruling repeals Knesset law

Interview

Expert: Hezbollah has built a vast tunnel network far more sophisticated than Hamas’s

Tunnel system in south Lebanon runs hundreds of kms, up to the border and even into Israel; launchers can fire precision-guided missiles from there, then disappear, says Tal Beeri

View inside a Hezbollah tunnel that crosses from Lebanon to Israel, on the border between Israel and Lebanon in northern Israel, on February 14, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Released hostages and survivors speak to journalists in front of the charred remains of the home of Raaya and Hila Rotem in Kibbutz Be'eri on January 1, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'My dad means everything to me'

Defying fears, freed hostages return to Be’eri to plead for the release of the rest

By Canaan Lidor

Seven survivors of the massacre stand amid the ruins of their homes in a moving event and concert

Israeli delegation reportedly in Cairo to discuss possible hostage deal

Promoted Video

Returning to Life: Sheba’s new rehab center for war injuries

Over ten thousand Israelis have been injured since the war started. Sheba is helping them recover, providing hope without boundaries every step of the way.

Analysis

High Court ruling rebuffs gov’t claim that the will of the majority is all-powerful

The legacy of the reasonableness law ruling will be the huge 13-2 majority which asserted that the Knesset coalition has limits on its authority, cannot undermine Israeli democracy

Then Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut attends the funeral of former Israeli parliament speaker Shevach Weiss at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, February 5, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Op-edIf only the ‘reasonableness law,’ nixed by Israel’s top court, had never been initiated

By David Horovitz

Hannah Wacholder Katsman

Comfort among the mourners

When Hamas murdered my son Hayim z”l, I knew the grieving would be a public affair. I did not know it would console others

This war will bolster Israel’s stature as an AI powerhouse

The conflict with Hamas is lots of things: terrible, sad and also fertile ground for massive and rapid technical innovation

Catering to terrorists

The US has put Israel in an impossible position, forcing it to feed Hamas in order to obtain arms it needs to fight Hamas

Susannah Dainow

My dad is right to the left of me

My father’s moral interrogation makes me confront difficult questions: Is Israel doing all it can for Gazan civilians?

Explainer

As politicians argue the future of Gaza, Netanyahu is in no hurry to release a plan

Faced with US pressure to reestablish the PA’s rule in Gaza and coalition partners calling for resettling the territory, Netanyahu has stayed mostly silent on his postwar vision

IDF forces operate in the Gaza Strip, in a handout photo released on December 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Head of the Otzma Yehudit party, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 1, 2024 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Far-right ministers call to ‘resettle’ Gaza’s Palestinians, build settlements in Strip

Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri. (Courtesy)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 2: IDF ‘at very high level of readiness’ after Hamas leader’s assassination in Beirut

By Ricky Ben-David, Shira Silkoff and Jacob Magid

Hezbollah vows response to alleged Israeli strike killing Saleh Arouri * Israel does not take responsibility * PM’s spokesman: ‘Whoever did this has gripe with Hamas’ not Hezbollah

10:04 pm

US Senator Menendez accused of introducing Qatari royal family member to aid NJ businessman
9:32 pm

French envoy says UN Security Council likely to meet Wednesday on Houthi attacks in Red Sea
9:20 pm

Ben Gvir brushes off US criticism, repeats calls for emigration of Gazan civilians

Zahdy Ali Zahdy Shahin, identified by the IDF as a former Hamas operative, is seen in an interrogation video published January 1, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

In interrogation, ex-Hamas operative says group uses Gaza civilians as human shields

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Suspects captured by troops in Gaza Strip detail incidents of Hamas’s use of civilians for terror operations, including one in which group forced men to hospital to hide among them

Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip in an undated handout photo released by the military on January 2, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Military Police probe IDF soldier’s killing of Palestinian detainee in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

From left to right: Founding Times of Israel editor David Horovitz, deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur. (courtesy)

Behind the Headlines

Join ToI Community for an extended filmed Daily Briefing anniversary podcast episode

On January 4, ToI editor David Horovitz and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur join host Amanda Borschel-Dan to answer your questions about the war. Exclusively for members

Smoke billowing over central Gaza following Israeli strikes on January 1, 2024. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Freed hostage visits Kibbutz Be'eri, describes captivity

Some southern residents set to return, as IDF lowers intensity of Gaza fighting

By Emanuel Fabian and Canaan Lidor

Military to allow those from communities at least 4 kilometers from northern part of border to return; soldier killed in Strip’s north, bringing ground op toll to 173

The area of the Supernova festival where hundreds of Israelis were killed and kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in the October 7 terror onslaught, October 12, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

42 survivors of the Nova rave massacre sue defense establishment for negligence

By Michael Horovitz

This underwater photograph taken on December 26, 2023, shows Yamit Avital and her husband Benny, who are among the survivors from Kibbutz Nir Oz, taking part in a free diving session offered to evacuated Israelis and survivors of the October 7 Hamas attacks, off the coast of Eilat. (Photo by Ilan Ben Zion/AFP)

Finding solace under water: Displaced Oct. 7 survivors learn to scuba dive in Eilat

By Ilan Ben Zion

Zvi Zamir speaks at a memorial service marking 21 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 4, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Obituary

Zvi Zamir, the man who sounded the alarm in 1973, is dead at 98

By Mitch Ginsburg

As Mossad chief, Zamir spearheaded the post-Munich campaign against Palestinian terror in Europe and warned, at the midnight hour, that the Yom Kippur War was breaking out

Turkish authorities arrest suspected Mossad informants, January 2, 2024 (Screenshot MIT)

Turkey arrests 33 alleged Mossad agents, as Israel threatens Hamas abroad

By Lazar Berman

Ankara claims operation foiled Jewish state’s attempts to kidnap foreign nationals on Turkish soil; Israel declines to comment

Smoke billows above buildings after an alleged Israeli strike on the outskirts of Damascus on November 22, 2023. (AFP)

Israeli strikes blast sites outside Damascus as border tensions grow

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

IDF says it hit Syrian Army targets in response to rocket fire on Golan Heights; Syria says ‘material losses’ caused

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, second right, talks with the commanding officer of the USS Gerald R. Ford, Navy Capt. Rick Burgess, right, during an unannounced visit to the ship on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The USS Gerald R. Ford has been sailing just a few hundred miles off the coast of Israel to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from expanding into a regional conflict. (AP/Tara Copp)

USS Ford aircraft carrier returning home after extended deployment defending Israel

Illustrative: A Maersk container ship at Aqaba, Jordan, on the Red Sea on October 3, 2019. (eugenesergeev/iStock by Getty Images)

Shipping behemoth Maersk mulling return to Red Sea route after Houthi assault

For Illustration: Investors, founders and entrepreneurs gather at annual VC trends conference in Tel Aviv, Dec. 28, 2023 (Talmid Tali)

VC funds stay bullish on Israeli tech as ‘resiliency is off the charts’

By Shoshanna Solomon

After global and local events sideline investors, tech ecosystem will likely find ‘new normal’ in 2024, investors say — and the national challenges may even prove to be a tailwind

Amid ongoing war, Bank of Israel cuts borrowing costs for 1st time since April 2020

By Sharon Wrobel

Israeli med tech company’s innovative headset could reduce delirium in ICU patients

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Cars burned by settlers during riots in Huwara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

2023 ‘most violent’ year for West Bank settler attacks, watchdog says

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Yesh Din says 10 Palestinians killed, dozens of homes torched; in two months after Oct. 7 massacre, 242 incidents reported; UN office counts over 1,200 throughout year

Guns used by four armed terror operatives in the West Bank town of Azzun, January 2, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

4 Palestinian gunmen killed in West Bank gunfight; IDF reservist moderately hurt

By Emanuel Fabian

Some of 2023's best Jewish books. (JTA collage by Mollie Suss)

Literature

Some of the best Jewish books – and authors – we’ve seen in 2023

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Flawed and complex, historic and particular, the noteworthy works defining this year were written prior to the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities; next year’s list may be marked by war

Descendants of Paul Hirsch commemorate the former German mayor in Dortmund, November 30, 2023. (Courtesy of Combat Antisemitism Movement via JTA)

'Like many, he faced challenges simply because he was Jewish'

Dortmund honors its only Jewish mayor, who ultimately died poor due to Nazi policies

By Toby Axelrod

A new initiative seeks to pay tribute to Paul Hirsch, who transformed the city but was denied pension by the government because he was a Jew, after retiring in poor health in 1933

More Headlines

This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024. (Photo by JIJI PRESS/AFP)

5 killed but all 379 passengers, crew safe as plane catches fire in Tokyo runway crash

By AFP

A car bearing the word 'intifada' seen as part of a convoy of vehicles seeking to disrupt operations at JFK airport to protest against Israel, January 1, 2024. (Screenshot/Twitter, Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Anti-Israel protesters sporting ‘intifada’ graffiti hinder access to busy NYC airport

By AP and ToI Staff

Aerial view of the Haifa University. September 20, 2018. (Matanya Tausig/FLASH90)

University of Haifa suspends 8 Arab students for alleged praise of Oct. 7 massacre

By Michael Horovitz

A Shufersal delivery truck burns following a suspected assassination attempt in Netanya, January 2, 2024. (Screen capture: X; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man seriously injured by car bomb in 3rd suspected Netanya hit attempt in one week

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (l) and Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chairman Simcha Rothman (r), during a hearing on January 1, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)

Bill demanding fealty pledge from diplomats advances through Knesset

Houses fallen by an earthquake are seen in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, January 2, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy buildings along Japan’s western coast

By Hiro Komae and YURI KAGEYAMA

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